Provider bulletin: 18 July 2018
This weekly newsletter is sent to NHS providers’ chairs, chief executives, finance, medical, nursing and HR directors, and board secretaries.
For information
A more productive urology service is better for patients and could help the NHS deliver £32.5 million in efficiencies and savings each year. The new report on urology from the GIRFT programme includes 18 recommendations to help achieve this — including greater consultant focus on emergency care and a better career structure for urological nurses.
Events
Wednesday 5 – Thursday 6 September, Manchester
Hear from some of the most senior clinical and executive leaders of national health and social care organisations at Expo 2018. The interactive agenda is now live — with theatre and pop-up university sessions available to book. NHS and public sector staff can claim complimentary tickets — contact healthexpo@dodsgroup.com to check your eligibility.
Webinar: Model Hospital masterclass — understanding the top 10 medicines and 2018/19 savings opportunities
Tuesday 24 July, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Find out about the latest updates and developments to the pharmacy and medicines compartment, and how to understand and interpret the metrics to identify potential savings. This webinar will be particularly useful for chief pharmacists and anyone with responsibility for medicines expenditure or tracking cost improvement plans.
NHS England
Virtual Academy of Large Scale Change masterclasses
September – October 2018, London and Leeds
NHS England is offering targeted large-scale change support with face-to-face masterclasses. The masterclasses are open to health and care system teams who are either already redesigning services or are ready to start a transformation or redesign programme, and wish to actively progress the change using large scale change principles.